1953 UCI Road World Championships

Cycling championship held in Lugano, Switzerland

1953 UCI Road World Championships

Lugano

Venue| Lugano, Switzerland
Date(s)|  (1953-08-29 \- 1953-08-30)29-30 August 1953
Coordinates| 46°00′18″N 08°57′09″E﻿ / ﻿46.00500°N 8.95250°E﻿ / 46.00500; 8.95250
Events| 2

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The 1953 UCI Road World Championships was the 26th edition of the UCI Road World Championships.[1] It took place Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 August in Lugano, Switzerland.[2]

The amateur race was ridden on Saturday, August 29. It was 180 kilometres long (12 laps).[3] Italian Riccardo Filippi beat his compatriot Gastone Nencini in a sprint of two. Shortly behind, Belgian Rik Van Looy won the sprint of a group ahead of his compatriots Michel Van Aerde and André Noyelle.[4]

The professional world championship was ridden on Sunday, August 30. The race was 18 laps long, totalling 270 kilometres. Seventy riders set off, of whom only 27 finished the race. Big favourite Fausto Coppi did not disappoint.[5]

In the same period, the 1953 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Oerlikon Velodrome in Zürich, Switzerland.

## Events Summary

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's Events
Professional Road Race
details | Fausto Coppi
Italy | 7h 30' 59"  | Germain Derijcke
Belgium | \+ 6' 22"  | Stan Ockers
Belgium | \+ 7' 33"
Amateur Road Race  | Riccardo Filippi
Italy | \-  | Gastone Nencini
Italy | \-  | Rik Van Looy
Belgium | \-

## Medal table

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Place  | Nation  |  |  |  | Total

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1  |  Italy | 2  | 1  | 0  | 3
2  |  Belgium | 0  | 1  | 2  | 3
Total  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 6

## References

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1. ^ "World Championship RR 1953". FirstCycling.com. 1 May 2024.
2. ^ "20ème Championnat du monde sur route 1953". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). 1 May 2024.
3. ^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships: Men: Road Race for Amateurs". Archived from the original on 2004-08-14. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
4. ^ "World Champ. (Amateur) 1953". FirstCycling.com. 20 April 2024.
5. ^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: Men: World Championships 1953: Road Race". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-08-02.

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